Melaiyur Population - Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu

Melaiyur is a large village located in Tharangambadi Taluka of Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu with total 553 families residing. The Melaiyur village has population of 2061 of which 993 are males while 1068 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Melaiyur village population of children with age 0-6 is 196 which makes up 9.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Melaiyur village is 1076 which is higher than Tamil Nadu state average of 996. Child Sex Ratio for the Melaiyur as per census is 1108, higher than Tamil Nadu average of 943.

Melaiyur village has higher literacy rate compared to Tamil Nadu. In 2011, literacy rate of Melaiyur village was 83.86 % compared to 80.09 % of Tamil Nadu. In Melaiyur Male literacy stands at 90.67 % while female literacy rate was 77.51 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Melaiyur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Melaiyur village.

Melaiyur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	553	-	-
Population	2,061	993	1,068
Child (0-6)	196	93	103
Schedule Caste	747	370	377
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	83.86 %	90.67 %	77.51 %
Total Workers	1,056	590	466
Main Worker	315	-	-
Marginal Worker	741	361	380

Caste Factor

In Melaiyur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.24 % of total population in Melaiyur village. The village Melaiyur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Melaiyur village out of total population, 1056 were engaged in work activities. 29.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 70.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1056 workers engaged in Main Work, 27 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 132 were Agricultural labourer.